Fire burns home of late singer Johnny Cash
{{date|April 11, 2007}}

[[Image:JohnnyCashHouse1969.jpg|thumb|200px|Johnny Cash in front of his home]]
A fast-moving fire engulfed the home of late singer [[w:Johnny Cash|Johnny Cash]] on Tuesday. The lake-side home, located in [[w:Hendersonville, Tennessee|Hendersonville, Tennessee]], was the home of the late singer and his wife, [[w:June Carter|June Carter]], from the late 1960s until their deaths in 2003.

The home was purchased by former [[w:Bee Gees|Bee Gees]] singer [[w:Barry Gibb|Barry Gibb]] in 2006, and was undergoing renovations at the time. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time, but it is believed that a flammable wood preservative that construction workers had applied contributed to the speed in which the flames spread. Firefighters responded within 5 minutes of the fire breaking out. No workers were killed in the fire, but one firefighter suffered minor injuries.

"Maybe it's the good Lord's way to make sure that it was only Johnny's house," said [[w:Richard Sterban|Richard Sterban]] of [[w:The Oak Ridge Boys|The Oak Ridge Boys]], who lived down the road from Cash. Neighbor [[w:Marty Stuart|Marty Stewart]] said "So many prominent things and prominent people in American history took place in that house—everyone from Billy Graham to Bob Dylan went into that house." The home was where Cash wrote many of his hit songs, and appeared in the Cash music video for "[[w:Hurt (song)|Hurt]]". 

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/10/cash.home.ap/index.html
|title=Fire destroys Johnny Cash home
|author=AP
|pub=CNN
|date=April 10, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200704/20070411/article_312255.htm
|title=Fire ruins Johnny Cash's longtime lakeside home
|author=
|pub=Shanghai Daily
|date=April 10, 2007}}

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Johnny Cash in front of his home
A fast-moving fire engulfed the home of late singer Johnny Cash on Tuesday. The lake-side home, located in Hendersonville, Tennessee, was the home of the late singer and his wife, June Carter, from the late 1960s until their deaths in 2003.

The home was purchased by former Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb in 2006, and was undergoing renovations at the time. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time, but it is believed that a flammable wood preservative that construction workers had applied contributed to the speed in which the flames spread. Firefighters responded within 5 minutes of the fire breaking out. No workers were killed in the fire, but one firefighter suffered minor injuries.

"Maybe it's the good Lord's way to make sure that it was only Johnny's house," said Richard Sterban of The Oak Ridge Boys, who lived down the road from Cash. Neighbor Marty Stewart said "So many prominent things and prominent people in American history took place in that house—everyone from Billy Graham to Bob Dylan went into that house." The home was where Cash wrote many of his hit songs, and appeared in the Cash music video for "Hurt".
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